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USING A DRAG IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF A ROAD IN NORTH CAROLINA
"Under the provisions of the Federal Aid Road Act, achieved by the distinguished
Senator from Alabama, John H. Bankhead, the money contributed from the national treasury.
to which the States add a like amount, can only be expended upon roads over which the
United States mail is delivered or may be delivered."
tional cohesiveness. While the Civil War
had settled certain fundamental problems,
there yet remained at issue many points
in which Federal and State contact pro
duced explosions in the nation's combus
tion chamber. States grudgingly gave up
what they considered their "rights," yet
citizens generally came to recognize that
the whole must be greater than any one
of its parts if it is to survive and actually
flourish in the form of a united nation.
YOU GENERALLY LIKE YOUR NEIGHBOR-
WHEN YOU KNOW HIM
Acquaintanceship does much to dispel
prejudices and dislikes, and so the in
crease in the number of self-propelled
vehicles and the building of thousands of
miles of roads, facilitating the comings
and goings of the people of the several
States, have brought about a country
wide understanding among citizens of all
sections and awakened true nationalism.
Having within a State established the
proposition that the more thickly popu-
lated and wealthier counties must aid and
cooperate with the poorer and less devel
oped sections, it was only a step farther
to contend that the older and richer States
must give of their accumulations and
strength to the less populous and less
prosperous commonwealths.
While a man in a certain State might
pay a considerable income tax, it does not
follow that all of his investments and all
of his profits accrue within the confines of
the particular State in which he lives.
Therefore, a part of what he pays should
be employed in the development of the
whole country and not confined to the
federal cooperation which specifically re
lates to his State. We must, in the final
analysis, think in national terms.
A NECESSITY FOR COMMMRCIAI. I)IDVE LOP
MENT; VITAL IN WAR
From Calais, in Maine, to Miami, in
Florida, our Atlantic coastline has a
length slightly in excess of 2,000 miles.
From Puget Sound to San Diego our Pa-